extensible Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out
    extensile.
    • an extensile tongue
    • an extensible measuring rule

WordNet

Ex*ten"si*ble adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. extensible. See Extend.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible. "An extensible membrane" Holder.

Webster 1913